These Puritans never considered themselves separatists, though. Following what they were confident would be the ultimate triumph of the Puritans who remained in the mother country, they would return ...

Lay Pilgrims such as William Brewster conducted services, but they were unable to administer Puritan sacraments. At the same time, Pilgrims did not actively seek the conversion of Native Americans.

Under this notion, the first lighthouse in the state – and the entire country – was built on Little Brewster Island in the Boston Harbor. Here's what to know about Boston Light.

Puritans and Native Americans in the 1630s and beyond Dominated by hundreds of Puritan clergy, Massachusetts Bay Colony was all about emigration, expansion and evangelization during this period.

Every November, articles recount the arrival of 17th century English Pilgrims and Puritans and their quest for religious freedom. Stories are told about the founding of Massachusetts Bay Colony and ...

So, Puritans and Pilgrims came out of the same religious culture of 1570s England. They diverged in the early 1600s, but wound up 70 years later being one and the same in the New World.